English-Japanese Dictionaries

magicalmelancholy

I use Jisho to help look up unfamiliar kanji and just words in general (you can also look up english words and their Japanese equivalents, but I hear there are better dictionaries for that). https://jisho.org/ What online dictionaries do you use?

negatibuhige

I used to use Jisho regularly before. Now I used the Takaboto app. I think both are easy to use. In case anyone wants to check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.takoboto

seiryu

> What online dictionaries do you use? Jisho is what I've used recently. They have the most expansive database/collection I've seen by far. The ability to write in a kanji and search based on the written input is key. I've had a kanji or two that just would not come up by the normal radical search (much faster by radical search most of the time, so I can help with that if anyone doesn't know how to do it). I'm going to have to check out the app negatibuhige! If it's better than jisho, that says a lot.

negatibuhige

seiryu Ah actually, I didn't say Takaboto is better than Jisho ^^" I somehow ended up using this app and not Jisho so............. *sweats profusely*

seiryu

> @seiryu Ah actually, I didn't say Takaboto is better than Jisho ^^" I somehow ended up using this app and not Jisho so............. *sweats profusely* Ah, no no. I just misread then. There's gotta be a reason why you use it right?

negatibuhige

seiryu I was going through Japanese dictionaries in the playstore and I liked Takaboto's interface. Sore dake desu ^^"

seiryu

> seiryu I was going through Japanese dictionaries in the playstore and I liked Takaboto's interface. Sore dake desu ^^" Oh no, no. Ease of usage is huge. As long as the size of the information library (I'm probably blanking on the correct terminology) is adequate, ease becomes the most important aspect. For translating, I lose my train of thought if it takes to long to find a word/kanji. I'm sure you have similar reasons for choosing Takoboto based on what you're describing. That's why I hold it in high regard.

negatibuhige

Sokka sokka *o* Yesu. Takaboto is ... cool :

selawen

If we're talking about just looking up a word I don't know I usually use google translate. (you can get some strange results though I must admit)

magicalmelancholy

> If we're talking about just looking up a word I don't know I usually use google translate. (you can get some strange results though I must admit) Google Translate only gives you one definition though (I prefer seeing all possible options).

seiryu

> If we're talking about just looking up a word I don't know I usually use google translate. (you can get some strange results though I must admit) I haven't use it recently, but definitely I can understand the convenience of getting a mass translation pretty much all at once. It used to be horrendous, but it's probably just all algorithms to recognize the most likely context since exact word overlap is quite low. Since there is actually so much freedom with sentence structure, the weird stuff is just deviating from the normal patterns of sentence structure probably.

negatibuhige

I go for google translate when I want to look up Japanese text. Can't read kanji so can't look it up on the dictionary either .-.

seiryu

> Can't read kanji so can't look it up on the dictionary either .-. Kanji...the beast that even screws over fluent speakers.

weebywitch

Actually google translate has an interface where you can just use the camera to translate the text directly... if you have the google app on your phone. It will auto detect the language or you select Japanese and it translates for you directly from whatever you point it at. So if you’ve got a physical copy in front of you, just point your camera at it and go. If you’ve got webpages and stuff, I think you can copy/paste the text. I do it all the time. Or have done so in the past, I believe. Anyways. It’s what I was using to read my vivre cards.

goldenvenus

> I used to use Jisho regularly before. Now I used the Takaboto app. I think both are easy to use. In case anyone wants to check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.takoboto I use takoboto as well haha. Mostly to look up kanji. i hate kanji> Kanji...the beast that even screws over fluent speakers. Indeed XD

negatibuhige

> I use takoboto as well haha. All these years I could swear it was called Takaboto but now I went and checked - looked really close - and yes, it's called Takoboto. How come I misread it all this time *tableflip* I evem wondered once why they didn't put "tako" in the name though the icon is an octopus........... :

seiryu

> Actually google translate has an interface where you can just use the camera to translate the text directly... if you have the google app on your phone. It will auto detect the language or you select Japanese and it translates for you directly from whatever you point it at. So if you’ve got a physical copy in front of you, just point your camera at it and go. If you’ve got webpages and stuff, I think you can copy/paste the text. I do it all the time. Or have done so in the past, I believe. Anyways. It’s what I was using to read my vivre cards. Oh, that's pretty cool. > I use takoboto as well haha. Mostly to look up kanji. i hate kanji Oh, is it more convenient/faster than the typical radical look up? Although it can be a pain in the butt/overwhelming, it is highly beneficial that the radicals give context to each word. So it's nice to have a direction on the word by knowing some of the radicals. Kinda nice to not be completely lost on a sentence full of unknown words. > All these years I could swear it was called Takaboto but now I went and checked - looked really close - and yes, it's called Takoboto. How come I misread it all this time *tableflip* I evem wondered once why they didn't put "tako" in the name though the icon is an octopus........... Totally had a dirty thought since "boto" is something dirty in some language I cannot recall. Probably not appropriate, but definitely more than close enough between the ka and ko.

negatibuhige

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seiryu

> : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Did you google search "boto"?! LOL...I think this has to be it...

negatibuhige

Umm...I was doing that because of how I've mistaken Takoboto for Takaboto all this time .... and I did look up boto but only found dolphins O.O